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Jun 11th
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Exam Review: 350-001 CCIE Routing and Switching Written Version 4
Oct 21st
Number of Questions: 77
Required Passing Score: 790
Time Allotted: 2 hours
Question Types: Single Response-Multiple Choice, Multiple Response-Multiple Choice, Drag and Drop, Scenario (Flash Based)
Overall Level of Difficulty: Easy
Exam Sections:
- Evaluate proposed changes to a network
- Implement Layer 2 technologies
- Implement Layer 3 Technologies
- Implement IP Multicast
- Implement Advanced Services
- Troubleshoot a Network
- Optimize the Network
Overview:
Compared to the previous versions of this exam, Cisco has solved one of the major issues with it – time. The previous version featured 105 questions that were to be solved in 2 hours. This was absurdly difficult. Knowing the material as well as I do, I had about 4 minutes to spare in one of my visits to the old exam.
Notice the new exam allows students to breathe a bit as they are sitting the exam. I did not find time to be nearly as much of a pressure with this exam. I completed all questions in 1 hour and 10 minutes. I believe that most students will have no problems finishing the exam in 1 hour and a half.
In addition to the shorter length, I found there were many more questions of CCNA-level and CCNP-level in this exam compared to past exams. Now of course, there are still a fair share of really tough CCIE-level questions, so you actually feel a bit off-balance taking the exam. When you click next, you just never know what you are going to get.
Also, as advertised, there is no longer a BACK button. Be real sure of your answer before you click NEXT. Twice I realized I answered something wrong once it was too late. Remember, time should not be an issue now, so avoid the typical response of rushing. Incidentally, one reason Cisco is not allowing the BACK button any longer is that it would make the exam MUCH easier. Several times I learned of a correct response from a later question but I was prohibited from going back and changing my initial reponse.
What I Loved:
- Shorter exam
- Troubleshooting questions
What I Disliked:
- Exhibits that were completely illegible
- Only one new Scenario style question in my exam
- Over-emphasis in certain areas, with no coverage, or limited coverage, of other areas
Topic Domains Most Emphasized (In My Question Pool):
- OSPF and EIGRP for IPv6
- IP SLA
- Layer 2 Troubleshooting
- Layer 3 Troubleshooting
- QoS
- PIM Sparse Mode
- MPLS
- Services
As you know, updates have begun to our top-rated CCIE Written R&S Bootcamp product. I am creating the new lessons in an order that reflects exam emphasis. I am also adding a second Practice Exam to the course. It will be available (In Progress) tomorrow, so you do not need to wait to try your skills on new questions immediately.
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CCIE R&S Written Bootcamp CoD Version 4.X Updates Begin!
Oct 19th
Everyone has been so excited for the Version 4.X updates within the CCIE R&S Written Bootcamp CoD. I think one of the reasons for this is that, finally, the CCIE R&S Written aligns perfectly with the Lab Exam Blueprint. Every topic you need to know for the written, you also need to know for the lab exam. This is a real benefit to students as they prepare for each exam.
I have listened to your feedback as I create these new lessons. As such, they include:
- Much more detail for each new topic.
- More Core Knowledge questions based on each topic (these Core Knowledge questions are unique – they appear in no other INE products).
- More simulated exam questions.
I have started the updates with a new QoS topic for the exam – Auto QoS. Enjoy. You will find the new lesson is automatically added to your Member’s area for the course. Just scroll down to the new section called Version 4.X Updates.
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The CCIE 4.X R&S Expanded Blueprint on Steroids
Sep 30th
After the huge popularity of our CCIE 3.X Expanded Blueprint here on the blog, I am going to put extra effort in the next two weeks for the new CCIE 4.X R&S Expanded Blueprint. Adding links for Core Knowledge (Tier 1) study should help in that section, as well as Configuration and Troubleshooting. I hope you enjoy and thanks as always for choosing INE.
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Its CiscoLive time!
Jun 26th
Hello everyone.
I am here in San Francisco getting ready for CiscoLive. I’ll be presenting at 2 of the breakout sessions on SNAA, which is part of the CCSP. My sessions are Tuesday and Wednesday morning (BRKCRT-1280).
If you are in town for the show make sure you stop by the Ascolta booth (1040) and say hello.
If you couldn’t make it this year please let me know if there is anything I should keep my eyes out for, technology that is a must learn, any booths that are a must visit, or anyone that I should meet while I’m here.
I’m looking forward to this week! Time to get it started with speaker registrations.
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Starting a new job next week near Frankfurt and start learning again
Mar 9th
I got several offers from companies. Altogether four. Some that had only time limited contracts. But i was looking for a longer investment. I will start tomorrow. Working as a consultant and system engineer mainly in the Cisco world, but will probably have to cover one other manufacturer like extremnetworks or so on. We will see. My new company will support me in making the ccie and i plan to do so in the next year. I think this is an obtainable goal. So i will do my next lab and maybe my last attempt for the R&S next year. I plan to keep working with dynamips and internetworkexpert. I think i will still need some online session to test certain switching features, which will not be reproducable on dynamips. But my new notebook is able to fire up 13 devices including bb routers and 4 switches. I have already tested this in the past and it worked. You have to adjust idle values though.
Currently i don’t know exactly if i have to recert for the CCIE Written. Since in remember, that you have to make an attempt at least every 18 months. But i don’t know exactly.
So i’m looking forward to start learning again and i will have to take time for this on a regular basis.
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Failed my second lab attempt and what comes next?
Mar 7th
I have a child and i really enjoy it to be with him. Configuring devices is still quite nice, but it will not be as good as playing with my son. So he learns the most in his first year.
How to motivate for the next try? Learning from the last attempts is quite difficult for me. This attempt was quite strange. But maybe i did not had enough sleep the days before my last attempt.
So what to learn from my last attempt? The sections i did not thought i was right, i was 100% and the others that have been my stronger topcis, i did not came above 2/3 percent. All over the other, i was better on my first attempt.
What i think i can learn about my last attempt is that, sometimes i think the question is more difficult that it is at least. So i think i need more practise in some certain topics to make sure to be more confident about the configuration. I think i test to much and i heasitate to much of choosing the right way.
So here is my todolist of what to improve next time and how to do it at my next and third attempt.
- become more self confident about the configuration i use
- improve on certain topics, i still have some weak topics and i sometimes hope they will not be present, but this is just a hope
- maybe more improvement on my speed, but like last time i wasn’t to slow, but might be even quicker, maybe i can try to finisch most of the config before lunch
- just do more practise and test more different technices
- get more sleep the days before my next attempt
- look again through the topics and again starting first with an overview of things, then go into detail
Here is what was good and what i will do again like last time:
- make a diagramm from the layer 2 and layer 3 topology and start reading the different questions over
- don’t spend to much time on diagramms but make them readable on the first try
- use earplugs
But how to motivate for the next attempt. Two weeks have passed from my last attempt now. And still i feel like i have to move a rock on my next attempt. I need a bit more to recover before i start it all over again, but i will do it again and i won’t wait to long this time.
As last time the proctor was really good, at this attempt i got the feeling, better not to ask and proctors have been absent from the labroom for at least 30 minutes. I did not feel good this time. But it have been also more participants this time.
Cisco has not really commented about the dynamips usage as a learning tool. But since the cisco commandline will spread more and more with this tools, it maybe the reason why they don’t comment much on using dynamips.
Even now it’s possible with pemu to emulate a pix. Many using this also already as a learning tool.
I will start it all over again and this time i will take the lab, when i’m ready. And this will be when i know i will pass.
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Brother 7820N als Drucker für Linux und SuSE 10.0
Feb 23rd
Nachdem ich mir zuerst einen Multifunktionsdrucker Samsung SCX-4100 gekauft hatte und ihn nun wieder wegen verschiedener Probleme verkauft habe, ist nun ein Neuer an der Reihe. Der Alte hat mir vom Design viel besser gefallen, aber das zählt nun mal nicht, wenn man drucken möchte und das nicht klappt. Darum habe ich mich diesmal ein vorher etwas schlauer gemacht. Ein Schmuckstück ist der neue Drucker nun wirklich nicht.
Hier ist nur die Konfiguration über den LAN Anschluss beschrieben. USB interessiert mich hier nicht, weil so gut wie alle Funktionen auch über LAN verfügbar sind. Darum habe ich den Drucker gar nicht erst per USB angeschlosse. Selbst das Scannen übers Netz ist möglich. Unten ist ein Link für den Scanbetrieb über das Netz. Aber ich werde das bestimmt auch noch mal etwas näher beschreiben, wenn ich die Zeit dazu gefunden habe und es
auch selber eingerichtet habe.

Der Drucker kann sowohl am USB-Anschluss und natürlich über das LAN mit Linux angesprochen werden. Da ich auch SUSE 10 einsetze, gebe ich hier mal meine Konfiguration für den LAN-Zugriff wieder:1. Drucker einrichten und mit gültiger IP versorgen. Das ist gut im Handbuch von Brother beschrieben. Falls möglich, kannst Du den Drucker auch via DHCP konfigurieren.
2. Anpingen als ersten Test der Erreichbarkeit.
3. YaST -> Hardware -> Drucker aufrufen.
a) “Hinzufügen” wählen (ggf. bei der Frage nach Queues diese verneinen)
b) In der Auswahl “Anderes Setup” und “Weiter”
c) Druckertyp “Anderer Drucker (URI)” wählen und “Weiter”
d) Anschluß “http://nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn” entsprechend Deiner Drucker-IP setzen und “Weiter”
e) Name etc. sinnvoll eingeben und die Option “lokales Filtern” aktivieren und “Weiter”, noch keinen Test durchführen 
f) Zur Auswahl des Druckermodells nun “PPD-Datei zur Datenbank hinzufügen”, “Lokale PPD-Datei” wählen… die Datei heisst BR7820_2.ppd und ist auf der Treiber CD zu finden.
g) Anschliessend unter Hersteller “Brother” und unter Modell “MFC-7820N BRScript3″ wählen und “Weiter”
h) Nun kann ein Test nicht schaden 
i) ggf. weitere Optionen anpassen und testen
Mit zweimaligem “OK” abschliessen und fleissig drucken…
Den Scanner übers Netz zu betreiben, ist auch relativ einfach umzusetzten. Es reicht sane/xsane zu installieren und das Packet brscan2-0.2.1-0.i386.rpm (akutelle nehmen). Nach der Anleitung richtet man den Drucker mit einer IP Adresse ein:
brsaneconfig2 -a name=NAME model=MODEL-NAME ip=xx.xx.xx.xx
z.B:
brsaneconfig2 -a name=SCANNERNAME modem=MFC-7820N ip=192.168.1.44
Dann sollte es schon möglich sein, sobald man xsane startet über’s Netz zu drucken.
Source:
http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/sane_install-net.html
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road to ccie with dynamips
Feb 14th
I came along some topics that do not work with dynamips and that have to be covered with other devices for training. The only problem is with 3560 specific features that are not availble on the NM-16ESW:
- some optional available STP features, like bpduguard, bpdufilter
- MSTP
- layer 3 port-channel
- different etherchannel protocols, a channel-group can only be turned on, no lacp/pgacp
- private-vlans
- sdm modes
- udld
- port security
- port protected
- qos specific configuration of hardware queues like srr-queue
- port configurations like dynamic, desirable
- some configurations are similar but do not look the same like on the 3560, for example vlan config, on the NM-16ESW there is only the old vlan database mode available
- vtp transparent mode with vlan numbers from 1006 – 4094. Dynamips only knows about 1005 vlan numbers also in transparent mode, some workbooks might ask for vlan numbers greater than 1005, what then indicates that you have to use vtp transparent mode
Other features that are not only switching dependent
- clocking feature for serial lines (no need to set up “clock 64000″)
There are probably other features to add here. I will keep up completing this list.
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